Popular Names in New Zealand

Information from the New Zealand Government
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Boys · Girls
Boys
Rank Name Times +/-
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Adrian		 79 +5
28.
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Alan		 293 0
93.
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Alexander		 66 -4
95.
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Alistair		 61 -2
42.
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Allan		 191 -4
9.
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Andrew		 674 +9
12.
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Anthony		 533 -1
76.
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Antony		 100 -2
95.
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Arthur		 61 new
34.
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Barry		 235 -2
86.
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Bernard		 75 +11
31.
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Brent		 257 +16
56.
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Brett		 153 0
27.
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Brian		 301 -5
21.
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Bruce		 352 0
79.
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Bryan		 93 +2
88.
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Carl		 74 +11
70.
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Charles		 113 +14
10.
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Christopher		 545 -1
33.
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Colin		 244 -3
18.
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Craig		 378 -4
74.
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Daniel		 103 +1
89.
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Darryl		 72 +2
1.
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David		 1,353 0
36.
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Dean		 222 +30
81.
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Dennis		 89 -5
77.
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Derek		 99 +7
48.
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Donald		 169 -2
63.
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Douglas		 128 -8
72.
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Edward		 109 -9
90.
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Eric		 71 -18
63.
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Garry		 128 -10
23.
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Gary		 329 +6
62.
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Gavin		 131 -5
32.
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Geoffrey		 245 +1
66.
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George		 119 -5
98.
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Gerard		 57 -5
75.
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Glenn		 101 +8
67.
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Gordon		 118 +1
25.
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Graeme		 323 +1
30.
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Graham		 262 +1
19.
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Grant		 373 0
17.
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Gregory		 403 -1
95.
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Henry		 61 new
14.
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Ian		 453 -1
21.
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James		 352 -1
55.
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Jeffrey		 155 -1
4.
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John		 1,145 0
82.
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Jonathan		 87 +4
60.
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Joseph		 138 +10
45.
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Keith		 185 +6
84.
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Kelvin		 78 -2
43.
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Kenneth		 190 -6
59.
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Kerry		 140 +5
13.
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Kevin		 513 -3
93.
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Kim		 66 new
69.
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Lance		 115 +4
78.
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Leslie		 98 -2
84.
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Lindsay		 78 +5
53.
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Malcolm		 163 +4
5.
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Mark		 1,017 +1
35.
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Martin		 228 0
79.
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Matthew		 93 -1
3.
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Michael		 1,181 0
24.
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Murray		 325 0
37.
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Neil		 217 -3
71.
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Neville		 111 -4
73.
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Nicholas		 104 +5
54.
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Nigel		 159 -2
98.
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Noel		 57 -5
58.
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Patrick		 145 +2
7.
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Paul		 785 0
2.
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Peter		 1,214 0
26.
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Philip		 306 -2
41.
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Phillip		 193 0
44.
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Raymond		 186 -5
11.
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Richard		 544 +1
8.
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Robert		 736 0
65.
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Robin		 121 0
86.
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Rodney		 75 -17
57.
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Roger		 147 -9
61.
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Ronald		 135 -2
29.
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Ross		 287 -2
38.
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Russell		 214 +1
92.
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Scott		 67 -5
47.
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Shane		 173 +14
40.
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Simon		 197 +10
6.
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Stephen		 910 -1
20.
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Steven		 370 +3
49.
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Stuart		 168 0
68.
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Terence		 116 +2
91.
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Terry		 70 -13
52.
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Thomas		 165 -9
51.
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Timothy		 166 -9
50.
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Tony		 167 -5
39.
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Trevor		 204 -3
46.
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Warren		 176 -2
98.
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Warwick		 57 -5
15.
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Wayne		 436 +2
16.
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William		 407 -1
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Girls
Rank Name Times +/-
85.
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Adrienne		 90 +7
43.
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Alison		 163 -6
92.
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Amanda		 82 new
52.
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Andrea		 146 +8
37.
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Angela		 201 +14
69.
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Ann		 114 -8
82.
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Anna		 92 +7
28.
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Anne		 249 -4
46.
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Annette		 161 +3
33.
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Barbara		 225 -11
98.
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Beverley		 76 -17
48.
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Brenda		 152 -2
49.
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Bronwyn		 149 +30
21.
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Carol		 292 0
87.
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Caroline		 88 -15
32.
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Carolyn		 226 0
23.
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Catherine		 274 +1
67.
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Cheryl		 117 -8
93.
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Christina		 81 +6
3.
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Christine		 613 0
70.
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Colleen		 113 +4
82.
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Debbie		 92 0
4.
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Deborah		 543 +1
25.
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Debra		 270 -5
27.
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Denise		 250 -4
90.
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Diana		 83 -13
30.
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Diane		 233 -4
42.
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Dianne		 172 -1
8.
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Donna		 440 -1
15.
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Elizabeth		 363 -6
23.
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Fiona		 274 +11
79.
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Frances		 96 -9
82.
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Gail		 92 -6
65.
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Gillian		 122 0
96.
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Glenda		 80 -11
29.
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Heather		 235 -1
13.
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Helen		 387 +4
19.
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Jacqueline		 300 +21
47.
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Jan		 154 +8
39.
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Jane		 186 -6
41.
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Janet		 176 -3
56.
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Janice		 134 -11
85.
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Janine		 90 +2
98.
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Jeanette		 76 -11
14.
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Jennifer		 381 -6
50.
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Jillian		 148 +5
6.
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Joanne		 493 +6
16.
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Judith		 322 -1
7.
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Julie		 479 -3
2.
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Karen		 717 0
97.
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Katherine		 79 new
52.
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Kathleen		 146 -8
38.
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Kathryn		 193 -2
64.
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Kay		 123 +2
89.
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Kaye		 86 +7
56.
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Kerry		 134 -3
40.
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Kim		 180 +12
75.
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Leanne		 110 new
76.
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Lesley		 109 -9
11.
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Linda		 398 +2
55.
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Lorraine		 138 -1
60.
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Louise		 127 +13
59.
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Lynda		 131 +3
26.
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Lynette		 269 +1
81.
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Lynne		 93 +2
66.
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Maree		 118 -3
17.
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Margaret		 320 +1
68.
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Maria		 116 -4
62.
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Marie		 126 -7
22.
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Mary		 285 -6
93.
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Maureen		 81 -2
50.
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Michele		 148 +27
18.
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Michelle		 316 +13
34.
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Nicola		 219 +14
44.
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Pamela		 162 -5
20.
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Patricia		 294 -1
62.
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Pauline		 126 -13
98.
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Philippa		 76 new
34.
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Raewyn		 219 +1
12.
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Robyn		 392 +2
58.
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Rosemary		 132 -15
78.
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Ruth		 98 +1
73.
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Sally		 111 -5
5.
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Sandra		 502 +1
77.
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Sarah		 108 +7
9.
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Sharon		 439 +2
73.
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Shelley		 111 +12
70.
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Sheryl		 113 -12
44.
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Shirley		 162 +3
72.
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Shona		 112 -3
87.
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Stephanie		 88 -16
1.
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Susan		 767 0
31.
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Suzanne		 232 -2
90.
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Teresa		 83 -1
54.
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Tracey		 142 +40
80.
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Tracy		 95 new
36.
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Vicki		 211 -6
93.
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Vivienne		 81 -19
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Wendy		 411 0
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Yvonne		 127 -18
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Popularity extremes for New Zealand